1. Prof.Dr.Aung Tun Thet SHARING EXPERIENCES: Global Education Dialogues (GED) The Asia Series

2. Background

3.  “When the winds of change blows,  Some build walls,  While others build windmills. ”

4. August 9-10, 2012  Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam  “Employability skills in South East Asia and the needs of the new economy:  The challenges for higher education ”

5.  Current global business environment more demands on the higher education systems  More productive workforce  Graduates need employability skills

6. Higher Education  Adapt  Meet needs of industry  Better prepared graduates

7. PROCESS  Combination of:  Key Note Addresses  Presenting case-studies  Round-Table Discussions  Parallel Working Group Sessions

8. PARTICIPANTS  Academics-economists and educational specialists  Business people  Government officials  World Bank economists  British Council staff

9. PARTICIPANTS  Australia  Hong Kong  Indonesia  Japan  Malaysia  Myanmar  Philippines  UK  Viet Nam

10. Dialogue  Unique opportunity  Exchange

11. CONTENT

12. Issues  How is employability defined in the contemporary global context?  Why should higher education address employability?

13. Issues  Industry links  Technical literate people  Business and enterprise skills  Educated unemployment – national wastage

14. Issues  Educational Attainment = Skills  Cognitive skills + non-cognitive skills + Technical Skills = Skills Set  People – Soft skills

15. Issues  Manpower planning versus listening to signals from labour market  Practical application – Theoretical understanding; Creativity & Innovation; Team work; Technical Skills; Business skills; Entrepreneurship  Intercultural skills  Internship  Learning how to learn

16. The Two Worlds EDUCATION WORK

17. Balance Isolated University "Ivory Tower” Market Oriented University

18. New Economic Thinking Needs New Educational Thinking CommunicationWork SkillsApplied Knowledge Theoretical Knowledge

19. EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION Job Barrier

20. New Economy time economy Factor Driven Efficiency Driven Innovation Driven

21. Educating  Head  Hand  Heart

22. Triple Helix

23. Higher Education Trends  Massification  Vocationalization

24. Implications for Myanmar

25.  Rethinking Education – adapting to new Myanmar  Determining Employability Skills  AFTA/AEC  Industry-Education partnerships